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The Nelson Tribune
May 18, 1900

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The Nelson Tribune

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Nelson, B.C. : Tribune Publishing Company

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1900-05-18

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The Tribune was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from November 1892 to November 1905. The Tribune was published and edited by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. Houston had established the Miner in Nelson in 1890, and, after leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, he established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. In August 1901, the title of the paper was changed to the Nelson Tribune.

Titled The Tribune from 1892-12-01 to 1901-08-14. Titled The Nelson Tribune from 1901-08-15 to 1903-12-19.

Published by John Houston & Co. from 1892-12-01 to 1894-12-29; The Tribune Publishing Company from 1897-01-02 to 1898-12-31; an unidentified party from 1899-01-07 to 1901-08-31 and from 1902-08-30 to 1903-02-07; The Tribune Association from 1901-09-02 to 1902-02-25; and The Tribune Company from 1903-02-14 to 1903-12-19.

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\ DAILY EDITION BY MAIL FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR , WEEKLY EDITION BY MAIL TWO DOLLARS A YEAR EIGHTH YEAR NELSON: FRIDAY MORNING MAY 18 J 900. PRICE FIVE CENTS ROBERT GREEN'S POSITION On Eight-Hour Law. Kaslo, May 17.���[Special to The Tribune.]���"Bob" Green has made known his position ou the eight- hour law. In a line he will permit no tampering with it. At a meeting here the other night Mr. Green went fully into his whole action concerning that law ancl he put his position frankly ancl fairly as follows: "The eight-hour law is practically a dead issue so long as you keep it s.) by electing men who are prepared to stand pat on the law, penalty clause and all. I'havo been criticised for the attitude Itook on tlio eight-hour law. I will explain my position. The ��� first. 1 heard of tlio law was when it was introduced in the mining committee by Mr. Martin of Rossland. The bill ���\\ hich Martin laid before the committee was the woik of the Trades and Labor Council of Rossland. llo laid that bill before the committee of which I was a member and a->ked tliem to embody it in the mining laws. One clause of that particular bill was an eight-hour law similar to the one we now have. If you will remember the late government advertised iu the Gazette for any person who was interested in l lie matter to give suggestions as to changes in,the mining laws. The c uumittee had before them a great number of suggestions, this of Mr. M'trtin being among them. When we came to consider these we came to the eight-hour law. I opposed it. I will tell you why. When 1 stood upon the platform of this riding (vvo years ago asking for your votes J told the electors that 1 would not itdvocate any radical change in the mineral law without first notifying 1 hem of such change and asking tlieir advice upon it. The mining committee did not < recommend that i i\v. That was the first I know of the demand for that particular I.iw. Later on the very people who had drafted this bill went further. Thoy sent a delegation to Victoria to ��\'ge the government to pass that particular clause. The matter was .gone into pretty thoroughly, and later was brought up in the ,ho:iso. 'On the evidence and arguments advanced by those people I thought the law was correct and right. L was not prepared 1o stop it going on the "statute book for the purpose of coming luck to ask the electors whether ii should be there or not. I took the position of voting foi t it because I 1 itought it was good. Later on we e.imc to the active operation of the J.'tw, We heard'in Kaslo here that iho inspector had visited Sandon and told the mine owners that the Jtiw was to be enforced. The mine owner1) associated themselves and s-i'iit a delegation to Victoria. One of 1 hese delegates was Mr. Wood. Mr. ] Vrry was another. The third 1 have forgotten.���The delegation- waited upon me herein Kaslo and pointed out to me that if 'the law was enforced then and theie it would immediately result in trouble: that that it was, a just and good law I went through to the Coast and informed the government of the feeling of the miners in this country. As soon as the time had expired which the government had given the mine owners' delegation, the law was enforced. - That is my position on the eight-hour law. If 1 am elected again, as far as it is possible for any one man in that house to do I will insist that there is no change in the eight-hour law as it stands upon the statutes today.", , BADEN POWELL ROUTS BOERS No Official News of Relief. Pretoria, May 15.���An oofficial bulletin announces that the federal troops- stormed and occupied the forts around Mafeking on Saturday morning. The same night the federals were surrounded, losing, so far as known, seven killed and seventeen wounded and a number of meu prisoners. The British casualties are fifty killed and wounded. It is reported that the advance guard of the force proceeding to the relief of Mafeking from the south was repulsed yesterday. London, May 17.���A dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez, dated today, says that commandant Eloff, grandson of president Kruger, with a patrol entered Mafeking. Colonel Baden-Powell opened fire on the burghers, killing 17 of them aud taking Eloff and 90 of his men prisoners. London, May 17.���In the committee room of the house of commons this morning sir James Kit- son, Liberal, announced that Mafeking had been relieved. The war oflice, however, was unable to confirm the announcement. KL'SSa^.^^S'.J'Sj I WHY THEY WERE STRUCK OFF faces towards that district surface showings. They have been making anxious inquiries as to whether tho representatives of capital are expected in town this season because the capitalist and the miner must work together ; the one can do little good without the other in a province like British Columbia. Once the Lardo gets railway communication there is little need to fear that capital will stay away. That at least is the opinion of T. N. Barnard of Wallace, Idaho, who, with several Washington men has an interest in -the Irene, Eva, Mary and Sherlock claims on the upper Duncan river. "There are a crowd of us Cceur d'Aleners, but not dynamiters, interested in the property," he said. "It is situated a mile and a half above Placerville and the proposed line of the Kaslo & Slocan Lardo branch runs right through it." After visiting the claims last week Mr. Barnard said: "If we had that property over in the Cceur d'Alenes we could get several hundred thousand dollars for it. We opened up the ledge in seven different places and we got ore in six of them." t hey would pay the scale of wages for eight horns that they had been paying for ten. They asked me to write and ask tho government to suspend the operation of tho law nt least until they could be heard from. LTp to this times I assure you, just as I said in my letter to ihc government, I had no representations from miners that this fight-hour law was wanted. I believe the law was a good one. \ believe that the miners, prospectors and that class composed the majority in this riding. I acceded to the request of the delegation. I \s rote this letter. Mr. Green quoted the now celebrated epistle iu which he told the government that the eight-hour law was creating much excitement in the Slocan, that the mine owners threatened to reduce wages, that this would result in a strike, and that he had-had no request i'tom miners in his constituency for the passage of the law.and wished to find ont their opinions, For these reasons he asked the government to yield to the mine owners' loquest and institute no prosecutions without giving thorn notice of tlieir intention to do so. "Within 21 hours of wiitiug that letter," continued Mr. Green, "I loft this town and in the riding I met the people most, interested and they practically told me to a man that the eight-hour law was just what they wanted. Representing those people and being convinced prior to that, when I voted for it, Parliament Adjourns." Ottawa, May 17.���[Special to The ? Tribune.]���Mr. Gasgrain, iu the senate today)-moved that th'e house, when it adjourned on Friday, stand adjourned until June 4th, Mills said he sawno objection to the house, wheu it rises this evening, standing adjourned until Wednesday, May 30th. The house of commons had not made much progress so far, but he hoped there might be more progress made and several important bills sent up. He was not, however, ivedded to May 30th and would meet the convenience of members. If the house agreed, the auditor general Avould pay the salaries of the officers of the houso without the formal passing of the bill. Mackenzie Bowell said he had learned from members of the commons that the debate >in the house would probably prevent the supply bill coming up before Slay 24 th. The house would not question the supply which was only to pay the officers of the house. Brodeur thought they would be -heie two months moie,-and -moved iu amendment, that the adjournment be from today to June Rfch at 3 p.m. This was carried. Hot Fight m Slocan. Kaslo, May 17���[Special to The Tribune].���Asnomination day approaches it is' seen that there is going to be a hot political fight in Slocan. The Martinites here have hurtled tho Hon. Smith Curtis* movements. Instead of waiting till next week Curtis has been hurriedly billed to speak hero tonight. John Keen and Bob Green will attend the meeting, and a lively time is expected. Keen has been shaking hands with the electors round the ' district, Tomorrow night ho formally opens his campaign, making his first speech at Whitewater. He will not speak in Kaslo till the night of nomination clay, May 26th. Out of Danger. Ottawa, May 3 7��� [Special to The Tribune].���Sir Alfred Milner cables lord Minto tonight, stating that private Wallace, son of N. Clarke Wallace, M. P., who was suffering from fever, is out of danger. Lord Minto Coming West. Ottawa, May 17���[Special to The Tribune].���Lord and lady Minto are goiug west in the beginning of July to the Coast, and perhaps to the Klondike. Mining in the Lardeau. Ka&t,o, May 17.���[Special to The Tribune.]���Now that all doubt has been set at rest as to the intentions of the C. P. R. to go on with the Lardo railway construction miners ALL EYES ARE ON MAFEKING Proud of the Defenders. London, May 17.���The closing days of the drama at Mafeking have been marked by an intensity of dramatic interest as unexpected as it is out of proportion to the forces engaged. The news that the half-famished garrison was not only able to repel an attack, but to inflict such heavy loss in killed and prisoners as reported in the dispatch from Cape Town announcing the capture of commandant Eloff, the grandson of president Kruger, and 90 ' of his men makes Great Britain more than ever proud of colouel Baden- Powell's little band,' and increases to a fever pitch tho national desire for their relief. ��� Lord Roberts and his large army at Kroonstadt and general Buller's thousands forging over tiie Biggars- berg range are almost entirely forgotten. Everyone is thinking or talking of Mafeking, and the latest exploits of its defenders. Rumors continue that the relief of the place has been accomplished, but all official confirmation of the report was lacking at 1 o'clock, this afternoon. New Trans-Atlantic Service. New York, May 17.���Tho announcement was made today that in the next few days there will be incorporated under the laws of New Jersey the Royal Ulster Steamship, Company. Its purposes,will he to run a line of fast freight steamers between New York and Liverpool and soon after the opening of this line to mn branch lines to Havana. Santiago, Porto Rico and Venezuela. The company will be capitalized at one million pounds sterling, Horace Gould of New Fork. Louis_ Daly of Jersey City and TT. W. Baldwin of New York are the incorporators. The line proposes to have two sailings each week between New York and Liverpool. New York, Montreal and English capital are interested in the company. The vessels of the company will carry the British flag. Tho new company, as soon as the New York and Liverpool line has beguu operations, is? to inaugurate a line between Boston and Liverpool. It is understood that the Boston and Albany railroad interests are identified with tho new company. ' Martin Gets Home Again. Vancouver, May 17���[Special to Tiie Tribune].���Martin returned from his campaign in the interior today. He was met by a brass band and procession, and held a meeting in the city tonight, which was very largely attended. He reiterated his promise to build the Victoria. Vancouver <fe Eastern railway as soon as ho was returned to power, and said tho government had no theory about the road being built, but were going to build it. He also staled that the anti-Mongolian acts would be re-enacted as often as disallowed, and a minister would be sent to London to interview the imperial authorities. Martin was well received. Jameson Director of De Beers. Kimberley, May 17.���Dr. Jameson, leader of the Jameson raid, has been chosen as a director of the Do Beers Mining Company. The company today voted $.��00 as a subscription to the relief of the Ottawa i\ve sufferers. Justice Drake's Judgment. The attorney-general has granted the collector of votes for the Nelson riding leave to appeal to the full court of British ��� Columbia against the judgment given by Mr. Justice Drake in the matter of an application1 for a writ of prohibition to prevent the, collector of votes from adding a "certain -list of 4S9 names to the voters' list, the complete text of whioK' is "appended. The solicitors who' argued on the ^application were S. S. Taylor, Q. C., who acted as the representative of the attorney-general and R. M; Macdonald, who 'appeared.for-the' applicants; j Mr. Taylor for the defendant, the collector of votes, takes certain preliminary objections to the proceedings which have to be considered : First he says these proceedings ought to have been by chamber summons aud not by motion. Rule 62 of the Crown Office Rules is to this effect. Mr. Macdonald points out Rule 1000 of the Supreme Court Rules which says the application for prohibition may ,be made on affidavit subject to the General Rules as to motions.and evidence on motion; the two sets of rules are in this respect rather, contradictory and require correction. I do not think it necessary to decide which set of rules has precedence because Order 70 is incorporated with the Crown Office Rules and gives power to the court to disregard its noncompliance and enables the court to amend irregular proceedings. I shall therefore treat these proceedings as if they had been initiated by summons in lieu of motion, the application not having been misled by the difference between the two sets of rules. J Another objection is that the affidavits alleging want of jurisdiction is founded in belief. The want of jurisdiction is a question of hnv and it is quite sufficient if the deponent alleges his belief that there is au absence of jurisdiction. Another objection is that the notices of objection are wrong as being addressed to the officer by^his wrong description. He is addressed as Mr. Wright, collector of votes for Nelson Riding^ of West Kootenay Electoral District", whereas Mr. Taylor says that his proper designation is collector of votes of Nelson Riding of West Kootenay in the West Kootenay Electoral District. The notice properly described the officer, and is the description which /he himself used when he advertised the statutory notice in the Gazette of the holding of the court of revision. 1 consider the notice is property and sufficiently addressed. The object and intention of the Act is that the proper officer shall receive the notice of-objeotion, which is the case here, and there is no statutory authority for holding that he has any other designation than the one he uses. The facts, as they appear by the affidavits, are as follows: On the 30th of April and 1st ol May,, 1900, objections in writing wero handed in to Mr. Wright, collector of votes in and for the Nelson Riding of West Kootenay in the West Kootonay Electoral i)is> triet. The.se objections number several hundrcdr and all the objections are in the same form. Though the names of the objectors vary, three cases wero brought up and one was argued as decisive of all the rest. The matter first came up before me on motion on the 8th day of May, and, after a partial heating, was adjourned at Mr. Taylor's request on the understanding of Sir. Taylor, counsel for the collector of votes, that Wi ight should proceed uo further with the settlement of the list until the matter was disposed of. After the above undertaking was given, namely May 10th, an affidavit was filed by Harry-Wright in wliich ho alleged that at the court of revision held by him on the 7th May he had considered the objections under instructions from the attorney-general, and as the objectors did not appear and the objections did not appear to him to be legal objection"-, ho threw thorn out and entered the names on the register of votes prior to being served with the notice of proceedings. The collector was present when the undertaking was given and no intimation was given that the list had been completed, if such was the case in fact. The collector's duties are defined by Section II of the Elections Act, Cap, 07 of revised statutes, as amended by Cap. 25 of 1899. After the name of another person has been inserted for two weeks in the list of persons claiming to vote, without any written objection thereto, as thereinafter proved,-the collector is to enter such name in the register of votes for the riding or polling division. According to the evidence the collector posted up on the 18ch or 19th of." April, the; list-.,of persons claiming to be entered on the list of voters. This was in pursuance of sub-section 00, section 11. ' The objections were lodged in writing, some ou the 30th April, and some on the 1st May with the collector of votes within the two weeks required by the act. Oh the first Monday in May the collector is to hold a court of revision, of which two months' notice has to be given in the Gazette, and at that court the collector is to hear and determine any and all objections the retention of any names on the register of voters. This court appears to be a distinct court held for the purpose of deciding on objections as to the retention of all voters on the existing list, and not for the purpose of hearing objections agaiust the insertion in the list of the names of those Avho had not previously been placed on the list of voters. With regard to the latter clause of objections, the statute is very specific as to notice to the, persons objected to, which should be considered by the collector as a court of revision. Subsection D thus defines the collector on receiving notice of objection : He is to forward a notice to the person objected to, either through the postoffice or in such manner as he should deem advisable, but he has to name the time and place in the notice given when the objections will be heaid, and such notice shall be posted not less than 30 days before the 'time fixed for tiie hearing of such claim and objection. The objections were lodged with the collector, as before stated, on the 30th of April, and could not possibly be considered until the lapse of 30 days after the collector's notice to the persons objected to; instead of,giving the 30 days' notice he proposed to dispose of all these objections on tho 7th of May. It is a condition precedent to the collector's jurisdiction to hear and determine objections of this character that 30 days at least shall elapse after the collector has given notice to the person objected to. The collector does not state in his affidavits that any notice at all was given to the persons objected to, and the presumption is that no notice was given. lie therefore acted without any jurisdiction. Mr. Taylor contended that the notice is for the benefit of the persons objected-to,-aud thoy were not bound to Avait thirty days for the court: on the other hand the objector was entitled to rely on tho statutes a3 his guide, and he thereby knew that no court could be held until at least thirty days after he had filed his objections. Mr. Taylor further contends that the remedy by prohibition was nofc the proper course because tho collector had sat as a court of revision and was functus officio, and that after judgment, however wrong a judgment might be, it could not be corrected by prohibition. This view is not supported by authority; it was held in Farquharson vs. Morgan 1804, i_.!.., when a total absence of jurisdiction was apparent on the face of the proceedings, the .court was bound to grant a prohibition, although tho application had acquiesced in the proceedings. Prohibition is a writ of right, but is not issued as- of course. There must bo a clear of want of jurisdiction. The want of exorcise of jurisdiction is clearly shown here. If a judge decided without hearing evidence* or if he assumes jurisdiction by a wrong decision, the court will inter fete. Sec Brown vs. Cockling, L. R. 3 ; Q. B. 072. Eslin vs. Rose, L. K. 4 ; Q. B. 4, and Lord Esher in Regina vs. Local Government Board 10, Q. B. D. 321, laid down "that the court should not be chary of exercising the power of prohibition at tho present date, and thafc whenever the legislature entrusted to any body of persons other than the Superior Court the power of imposing an obligation upon individuals, the courts ought to exercise as widely as thoy can the power of controlling those bodies of persons admittedly attempting to exercise powers beyond the powers given to them by Act of Parliament." I think this is a proper case for the exercise of the power of the court aud I direct a writ of prohibition to issue to restrain the inclusion of the objected names in the list of voters until these objections have been properly considered. As the parties may wish to appeal I give leave to sit the appeal down for hearing at the court held at Vancouver on the 28th of May. Delivered May i7thj 1900, by Mr. justice Drake. BOERS FELL INTO THE TRAP HUNTER IH THE TRANSVAAL Dispatches From Boberts. London, May 17!���2:18 p. m.��� The war office has received from lord Roberts the following dispatch dated Kroonstadt, May 16th: "Rundle yesterday occupied Ma- quatlings Nek aud Modder Poort without opposition. "Hunter has entered the Trans- xaal and has advanced within ten miles of Christiania. "Methuen has reached a point twelve miles on the Hoopstad road without seeing the enemy. "Natives and local whites have confirmed the previous reports of the disorganization of the Free Staters. "The situation here is unchanged." 3:33 p. in.���The war office has received the following dispatch from lord Roberts: Kroonstadt, May 17.���Hunter has occupied Christiana without opposition, the enemy having retired to Klerksdorp, under ��� the impression that the latter was threatened by a portion of this force from Parys. Rundle's force was close to Clocolan (southwest of Ficksburg) yesterday evening. The country was clear of the enemy. The resident commissioner iu Basutoland reports that a number of. Boers living in the Ficksburg and Bethlehem districts have applied to him for advice as to the conditions of surrender] This is very satisfactory." MASSACRE ON BOARD SHIP Extraordinary Scenes. Copenhagen, May 17.���A telegram from Koping, Sweden, reports that as the steamer Koping last night was passing the Prinz Carl, a man sprang on the deck of the latter Vessel and shouted: "If any one comes near I will shoot." Afc the same time a woman was seen hanging over the- side of the ship shrieking for help, The man escaped in a boat. Wheu the Prinz Carl was boarded it was found that 12 men on board had been shot, six of whom, including the captain, were dead. The rest wero found locked intheir quarters,-and-one of the wounded has since died. The murderer is being pursued. Stockholm, May 17.���The wounded say thoy were playing cards in the smoking room about 11 p. m. with the other passengers when somebody put hi.s head in the room and exclaimed: "Look out, there's a massacre on board." At the same time shots were heard. All sprang fco their feet in order to leave the cabin, bufc they found the door fastened on the outside. While they were trying to force the door a shot was fired through the window and hit one of them, who fell to the floor. The other three burst the door open. Linrjuist, who first stepped through, received a bullet in the head. Disregarding the wound, he ran after the assassin to the steering room. The fugitive' shouted down the speaking tube: "Full steam ahead." The engines weie already at full speed; aud the engineer replied: -'Is that you, captain?" Receiving the answer "Certainly, drive her to tho dock," the eugineer put the engines full speed astern. The assassin then ran down to the engineer and threatened to shoot him if he did not obey him. The engineer barricaded himself in. At this moment the Koping came alongside and the murderer fled in a boat. Newcastle Abandoned. Volkrrust, South African Republic, May 10.���Tho federals have abandoned tho Biggarsberg, and it is believed they also abandoned Newcastle this morning, though thoir mounted men are still on the other side of tho border keeping the British army back. General War News. London, May 18.���3 a.m.���England still waits for news of the relief of Mafeking. A crowd remarkable for the number of women was waiting at midnight, and, including many ladies, lingered around the war office, hoping for some announcement. One thing seems clear. The town still holds out. Were it otherwise, the Boer wires laid to the camps of the beleaguerers would have flashed the news. Skeleton messages from Lorenzo Marquez, based on information that leaked rout of the war office, show that the Boer stormers on Saturday fell into, a trap. Colonel Baden- Powell permitted them to seize one fort, and then surrounded aud over- , took them before the large forces near at hand perceived the strategy. " It was thus that Sarel Eloff, president Kruger's grandson, and part of his commando were taken, and fifty Boers killed. The Canadian artillery contingent is now reported to have reached Bulawayo, May 2nd. The distance from Bulawayo to Mafeking is 490 miles. As the railway' is open all the way to Pitsani, 28 miles from Mafeking, where colonel Plumer is, the Canadians may yet take part in the relief. General French, scouting northward, found, the Boers in strong force at Remoster Spruit, 30 miles from Kroonstadt. Generals Botha, Delarey and Olivier with artillery are holding the position. President Steyn has gone to Pretoria. A dispatch from Capetown says that proclamations are being printed there, to be published on the queen's birthday, annexing the Free State. One of president" Steyn's brothers, who is a prisoner of general Brabant, says the Free Staters will accept annexation. Those who took up arms the second time, had to do so on threats of��iu- stant death if they refused. -Five hundred rifles 'have been ^ surrendered at Kroonstadt in excess of the number of Boeivs who have taken the oath of allegiance. Lord Roberts hasdireeted the Brit- - ish commanders to receive all , comers in a good spirit, and fco issue to them passes fco go to their farms. Lord Methuen is said to be advancing along'the south bank-of the Vaal. Colonel Kekewich is with him. Tho loop railway laid across the Vaal is fast ueuring completion. The probability is that general Hunter took back a brigada to Fourteen Streams owing to the scarcity of transports. Geueral Rundle has captured 10,000 bags of corn. Ho is marching slowly through a district which is alive with patfcle, sheep and horses. Durban reports the receipt of a telegram fiom" Lorenzo" Marquez- saying thafc a Boer plot to blow up tho British cruiser Forte was discovered, and in consequence the war ship steams out seven miles nightly. President Steyn saw the fight at Zand river, Tiie impression he got there was that his burghers could uot face lord Roberts in a pitched battle aud this resulted in his decision to evacuate fche Kroonstadt works without a battle. Tho Standard Fays: "Wc learn that tho first great stand by fche federals will be on the ridges near Johannesburg. This position has been strongly entrenched and the burghers believe they can hold it for some time. If driven from thafc point part;, of the force "will be thrown into Pretoria to withstand a siege, while the main body will retreat fco fche Leydenburg district wifch the intention of keeping up a guerrilla warfare from thafc region. They believe they can postpone indefinitely a pacification of the country." This view is partly supported by a dispatch to fche Times from Lorenzo Marquez, which says there is general talk in Pretoria of president Kruger's contemplating an immediate departure fiom the capi- - tal. There seems no longer any doubt of tlio intention of the Transvaal to transfer the seat of government to tho Loydenberg district, aud to endeavor to make a final stand there. The mad is reported to have endorsed the proposal. The Times also says that a number of Transvaal officials are preparing for flight and that state secretary Iteifcz has selected South America as his future home. -,<i! he JVew Dry Goods Store THE TRIBUNE: KELSON B. C. FRTDAY, MAY IS 1900 ��Jte fffrftame* 10 Dozen New BLOUSES just to hand with Tailor Collars. All the very newest See them and have first choice. STANDARD patterns KKPT IN STOCK. & Co. Madden Block, Baker Street The Very Best Suits There is no store where good clothing can be bought to better advantage than here For Men, Boys, and Children A most beautiful collection in plain and fancy worsteds, in neat checks, stripes, clays and serges made in single and double breasted sack style. A big assortment of hats, shoes, ties, shirts, underwear, hosiery, etc. Prices the lowest. BROWN & CO. Hall Block, 269 Baker St. * ��� The men who were disfranchised yesterday by the judgment of Mr. justice Drake, at the instance of candidate Fletcher's supporters, do not propose to be thus cheated out of their rights as citizens without continuing the fight to the bitter end. The men who control the local Conservative association are now fairly on record. By persisting in their present attitude they haA'e shown that they do not hesitate afc wrecking tlieir party's hopes in this district, so long as they are given an opportunity at venting their spleen and gratifying tlieir petty vengeance. - Mr. justice Drake, in his judgment, has virtually said that the scheme of the local Conservative machine, to disfranchise 489 electors without giving them a chance to be heard, shall succeed. It remains to be seen what view the full court will take of the case. .te-M w Xit Xii xli Xit Xit Xit Xit Xit Xli Xli Xli 36 Baker Street Annual Spriqg Sale House Furnishings, Carpets, Oilcloths, Linoleutqs, Window Shades, Lace Curtains, Portieres, Poles Now is the time for Spring House Cleaning and replenishing new for old. We will offer special reduction in this department for the next ten days. Xli Xli Xit Xli \it xli Xit Xli Xli ili i i >'(=?. ez>. ���J.p_I.C=>. _^ % We have sold 75 per cent of all the Portland Cement Fipe Brick and Fire Clay Used in Kootenay. We also handle Steel Mining Rails, Blacksmith's Coal, Sewer Pipe, Etc. H. J. EVANS & CO. NELSON, B.C. % Tub manipulators' of the local Conservative machine have done their utmost to disfranchise 489 duly qualified electors without a hearing, in the hope thrtt candidate Fletcher,may be elected to represent the riding in tho next legislature. Having done this the same men, through the columns of the Nelson Miner, pleaded for quiet, earnest settled government. The policy of the Conservative .machine appears to be to club electors over the head, and then plead with them to remain quiet. xit xli Xli xit Xit Xli . 50c up $i. 20 up $1.25 up $1.50 up 50c up Tapestry Carpet from Brussels Carpet from . Axminster Carpet from English Wilton from Ingrain Carpet from . All Carpets sewed and hid free of charge Floor Oilcloth from . . . . 25c up Window Shades from . . 40c up Curtain Poles from . . - . 40c up Lace Curtains from . . . 75c up Art Rugs and Squares at all prices Xli ifc xli H'-X- \1_U i ?���(_-���(_-<' e^'p^'e^. c=>.e=>.c=>'c=3.i mm '-^?'^.i ?��!Z?'C3'f-1' ^ Hudson's Bay Stores Touch the Button of your Purse We do the Rest Tub hollowness of the Nelson Miner's friendship for the eight- hour law is evidenced by" its opposition to the candidature" of "Bob" Green iu the Slocan. If the eight- hour law is bad it should be repealed; but if it is desirable legislation, as The Trtuunb has maintained from the first: due credit for its passage should be given to R. F. Green, and for the courage he has shown in defence.of the measure, and the sacrifices he has been compelled to make by reason of his defence of it. The truth of the t matter is that the Nelson Miner has been compelled to swallow the eight-hour law for political purposes. The men who ^control the Miner were unable to find a candidate "in the whole riding who would openly oppose the eighty hour,- and v they have therefore | settled upon a candidate who will do as little to retain the law as any man who could be found in the riding. " ' ^K.^.^. .^. ^^^^^ 0^0000000000, 0 0J& Alex Stewart I Fine Tailoring ^H��� I Mg|son ��aw �� Planing N|ills, Limited Xii Xit Xit Xii \il Mr Room 3, Turner & Boeeh Block. NELSON. Mines Real Estate Insurance Loans Notary Public and Conveyancer., Rents Collected on Commission. HOUSES.-FOIL SALR. House and four nice lots, undor cultivation, Hume Addition. Money in this. Cottage, -with modern improvements, corner of Victoria and Hall streets. Residence and lots on Carbonate streets. Some flno largo residences, with nice grounds, on Lake street. ��.'!() per month will rent furiiislicdrliotu>o on Fi out sLi cct. LOTS FOK SALK., S2*i00 ��ill buj htWo and 4 lot? 6:200 i\ ill buy Jot on Carbonate sfrceL |j?00 will buj lot on Maker M reel SlGOChwili purchase 3 nice lots, Mill stxect corner, easy tonus. ' s Lots an various parts of the town. Money to lend at 7,-pcr Cent on central bus- inebS pioperttes with easy p,i}n��ent.s. Owners list, your properties, I have purchasers. All iirst class mining stocks bought aud .sold. Ward Bros. Fine Tailoring __m_l YOUR OWN GOODS MADE UP OLD CLOTHES MADE GOOD A3 NEW ARTHUR GEE Opposite Clarke Hotel. MERCHANT TAILOR Palace IVjeat JVJarl^et Headquarters for all kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats. -# - . HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. INCORPORATED 1670. Jg ^ Only give us the hint that you require Blinds, W Curtains or Carpets and we will be glad to give you estimates, make all measurements, and when purchased put in place, saving you'all the worry and trouble. We make and put up Blinds, any size, at prices that will catch the trade. ' , All Carpets sewn and laid in a first-class manner without extra charge. We close our year May 31st, and to reduce our stock, offer during the week May 14th ��0 19th, special bargains in our Carpet department. English Brussels Carpet from $1*10 to $1.50. New colorings and designs. Wool and Union Carpets, reversible, from 35c per yard. Special prices on Archway Curtains. Our Derby Curtain at $3.50 per pair is a snap. $ WmiiK the Nelson Winer Was tho subsidized organ of the Mine Owners)" Association ifc denounced the 6ight-hour law and demanded its repeal. Now that the Nelson Miner is advocating the election of Prank Fletcher it says that the eight-hour law is an "established fact," and therefore a dead issue. Has the Nelson Miner become converted__to to the eight-hour law? Or does the Nelson Miner realize that Frank Fletcher cannot be elected unless he secures the votes of the men who favor the eight- hour law? The Xelson Miner cannot fool the wage earners of the Nelson riding. Thoy know that the eight-hour law can best be retained as an "established fact" by returning to the legislature men who can be depended upon to light for it; and the majority of them do not think any such dependence can be placed upon either candidate Fletcher or candidate Hal!. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS A feature will bo made of. the poultry and game trado. They will always be on-band during their season. J. L. PORTER, Prop. 189 Josephine St., between Baker and Vernon. Telephone 159. Contracting Painters, Decorators, Paporhangors. Full lino of wall paper, mouldings, etc, Kalso- mining and Tinting. Strictly first-class work. Estimates f nrnishc<n . Residence Mill Street, XTRT QrtM R T, Opposite School House WJiiiOUlX, JJ. \j. W. Starmer Srrjith & Go. PAPER,HANGER, GLAZIER, PAINTER, ETC. CHIMNEY SWEEPING Office Ward Streot Opposite Opera House KiiliiiPBliiiMP A.R.SHERWOOD Dressmaking lXiAlih THE J.ATKSTJ STYLES _ ,. mrs. Mclaughlin Josephine street, near Baker. Are prepared to furnish by rail, barge or teams Dimension Lumber, Rough and Dressed Lumber, Local and Coast Ceiling, Local and Coast Flooring, Double Dressed Coast Cedar, Rustic, Shiplap, Stepping, Door Jambs, Pine and Cedar Casings, Window Stiles, Turned Work, Band-sawing, Brackets, Newel Posts, Turned Veranda Posts, Store Fronts, Door^, Windows and Glass. Get prices before purchasing elsewhere Office Corner ({all aqd Front Streets Factory Hall Street Crossing C. P. R. Track Mills Hall Street Wharf First door wesb of Bank of British Columbia building. Bakfer Street Charles B, J. Christie GENERAL BROKER . doors west of Dominion Express ofllce. , P. O. Box 523. Phonos: Ofllce 117, Houso 152 FOR RENT Thi eo, ,'iix and seven room house's KOR SALIC AT A BAKU A1 NT 5 room house and 2 lots 8 room liotiMi, furnished, timl 2 coi iter lots AIm) several good lots. Rhododendrons, Roses, Fancy Evergreens Magnolas, Bulbs, new crop tested seeds, f orspring planting. Largest and MObl cornplote stock in Western Canada. Call and make your selections or send for catalogue. Address at the nursery grounds and greenhouse. _ _ _ M. J. HENRY ���SOUS Westminster Eoad. Vancouver. B. C. St. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL NELSON, B. C. A boarding and day school conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. It is situated at the corner of Mill und -J exsephine streets in ono of the best lesidcntial portions of Nelson, and is eawily accessible from all parts of the city. Tiie cohi'MJ of study ircfudes tno fundamental and higher branches of thorough English education: Business course���bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting. Science course���music; vocal and instrumental, drawing, etc. Plain art and needlework, etc. For terms and particulars apply to the Sister Superior. liftti Fruit and Ornamental Trees | BargfaillS 111 JeWGlFV \!^��*��&* %se^ *W Evergreens M *** c/ w 9\ - Kootenay Steam Laondry INSURANCE. LOANS, feling Season of 1900 We are selling the fishing tackle which entices ihe fish. We have the most complete line of flies and trolling baits. See otir fishing rod complete with line, leader, reel, and flies for $5. J. E. ANNABLE GENERAL BROKER Three dwelling houses for sale on oasy terras. Ono lot on Stanley 6treet, opposite Royal hotel, for sale at a bargain. One seven-roomed house and one three-room houso for rent. See ANNABLE! m w For the next; two weeks we will offer at sacrifice prices /gi -the-stoi'k of silverwarercul-tflasswai-e and novel ties" whieir/ji we purchased from the Canada Drug & Book Company. ($ fj(X /fi m WmmilSmmmi. ���iiiaaiiiiiiiii Opposite the Lawrence Hardware Building. 'fi rnopiunTons E P. Whalley, d.P. NOTARY PUBLIC The only steam laundry In Nelson employing union labor A^LARSON, Manag-ep lUkDr streets ��' W" WcSt & Co"' ��0rn0r HnU *ml City office of the NeUon Sodawator Factory. 3 Canada Drug & fieok Oo. ���mmrn- Corporatioq of the Cily of Nelson COURT OF REVISION. Notice:i��i hereby gU en Unit the Court of Ke- viMon of the Cily of Nelson, for the purpose of hearing all i'Oii��iil,Unt�� against the assessment for the year UK* ��,n be held in tho city hall, Nelson, on Monday, June ith. ]<X��, at 10o'clock a.m. BLACKSMITHING AND EXPERT HORSESHOEING Wagon repairing promptly attended to by a flrsB-eiass wheelwright. Special attention grivan to all kinds ot repairing and custom work from outside points. Shop: Hall St.. between Baiter and Vernon ATTENTION, MINERS! DrilliiiR-contest: one down hole, for purse of _. particular; W. ,T. WAViflNPOltr Head Office at- NELSON, B a an* Dealers s Nelson, May 1st, 1800 W. K. WA8SON, Acting Clerk. .,...-nihvuiin,M,, one uown nolo, for _ . - one huntlied and fifty dollais, Kabio, May ?4th. Kntrios clo-'o May 17th. Kor particulars, address, W. ,T. DAVJENPOKT, Seci clary Celebration Committee. J NOTICE. Notice h hereby gh en (hat tho di/forenccs existing buluccn V. J. Jinulley & Oo. ,md the Nelson Painters' Union hitvo been satisfactorily ad j uhted. J. H. MATHKSON. Seci��t-ary Nelson Trades and Labos* Council. Markets at Nelson, 'Kossland, Trail, Kaslo, Ymir, Sandon, Silverton, New Denver, Revelstoke, Ferguson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Cascade City, Midway, and Vancouver. Mail Orders Promptly Forwarded West Kootenay Butcher Co. ALL KINDS OF FRESH AND SALTED MEATS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FISH AND POULTRY IN SEASON Baker Street, Nelson & & TRAVES, Manager ' OBDBBS BY MAIL RECEIVE CAEKFUL AN�� PROMPT ATTKNTION. / THE TKIBUNE: NELSON B. C, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1900 BANK OF MONTREAL CAPITAL, all paid up..$12,000,000 BEST 6.000,000 Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal ...President Hon. George A. Drummond Vice-President K. S. Clouston General Manager NELSON BRANCH Corner Baker and Kootenay Streets. i branches in London (England) Nkw York, Chicago, and all tho principal cities in Canada. THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA NELSON Imperial Bank of Canada HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO. Buy and Transfers, (���rant Commercial sell Sterling Exchange and Cable and Travelers' Credits, mailable iu any part of tho world. Drafts Issued, Collections Made, Etc. Savings Bank Branch CUimilN'T RATE OV INTHKKST I'AID. A STORY Or LADYSMITH. Richard Harding Davis, tbe American war correspondent, in a description of the relief of Lady- Hiiith, says: But what was probably the real reason for the apathy of Ladysmith Avas the fact that every man, woman and child in the place was too ill to cheer, too weak to feel grateful and too famished to support any emotion save that of hunger. The cloak of indifference wliich every Englishman wears, and his instinctive dislike to make much of hid feeling, and, in this case, his pluck, at first concealed to the new- i omers how terribly those who had been inside of Ladysmith had suffered and Iioav near to the breaking point they were. Their faces were , i he real index of Avhat they had passed through. Anyone who had seen our men at Jlontauk Point or in the fever camp at Siboney needed no hospital list to tell him of the pitiful condition of the garrison. The skin on their faces was yellow and drawn sharply over tho brow and cheek bones; lhoir teeth protruded and they hliambled along like old men ; their voices ranged from a feeble pipe to a deep whisper. Out of the 13,000 . soldiers in the garrison, S000 had been in the hospital. In this feeble condition they had been forced to keep night watch on the hill crests, in the rain, to lie in the tienches, and to work on fortifications and bomb-proofs. And they were expected to do all these thiugs on what strength they eoulU get from horse meat, biscuit of the toughness .'and composition of' those that are it d tp .the dogs, and on "mealies," which is what we call corn. Duringl the seven days before duller came nn ear of corn sold at public action for 90 cents, A quarter of a pound of tobacco, whicli costs 0 centn, srQld at $15, aud a do/.en matches brought $1,75. On the third <hiy after the relief the column came into town, to the. number of 22,000, and fov three hours passed before sir George "White and a double line of the men 4 hey had saved. As before, it was the arriving column that exhibited the most enthusiasm. They could afford to do .so. They were robust, strong and happy���giants in comparison with the men in the lines drawn up to do them honor. They had been<fighting six weeks, tlte Iiroiskilliugs alone--had lost nineteen of their twenty-four officers, but those who remained wero t rained to a state of perfect fitness. -Their heads were high,-they marched as though on bed springs, they even danced steps to the music of the bagpipes. They were coated with mud, stained, ragged, suuburn- .cil and unshaven. But they were wildly happy. They cheered the stooping, yellow-faced ghosts along Lhe sidewalks, who leaned heavily ou their rifles for support, until Natal and Chelsea barracks seemed very near indeed. The men on the sidewalks tried to cheer back, but the cheer died Iu their throats. They were so weak ��� t hat Ahey .sank down along the curbstones, but as each new regiment passed they rose up to salute it and then fell back again. The Gordon Highlanders, led by a piper who had kept on playing the pipes at JElandslaagfce after he was ihrice wounded, greeted each regiment with "The Cock of the Walk" or their own '"Highland Laddie,"* and for the Irish regiments they played "The Wearing of the Green," and the Irishmen leaped and yelled lor joy. They and their officers faced general White and tossed their helmets iu the air and cheered him and shouted "God bless you, Mr!" at him; aud lieutenant Winston Churchill, avIio stood next me, ci ied for one hour. Jt was one of the best and most moving moments of the campaign. Thoy were brave men greeting a brave man. Twenty-two thousand nt' them, foot, horse and dragoons, cheered the man on horseback and gave him his reward. It was a gip.it day iu tho life of sir George While, the brave gentleman who dared to say fai'back in tho history ui the war, "I alone am to blame." And yesterday 22,000 gentlemen Is now prepared to issue Drafts and Letters of Credit on Skaguay, U. S.,- Atlin, B. C, and Dawson City, N". W. T. in khaki wiped that Hue off the slate and shouted, 'Well done, sir!" at him, and they passed before him through the town he had defended and saved. INDIVIDUALITIES. There are only three members of the original McKiniey cabinet of three years agostillin office���Lyman J. Gage, secretary of the treasury; John D. Long, secretary of the navy ; and James Wilson, secretary of agriculture. William P. Miller, manager of the notorious get-rich-quick Franklin Syndicate, of whose methods a New York correspondent wrote some weeks ago, received the maximum penalty for his crime, a sentence of ten years iu Sing Sing, at the hands of judge Hard, in the couuty court, Brooklyn on April 29th. - Givet, iu the Ardennes, is taking steps to put an end to the depopulation of Prance. Hereafter, in all town oflices, first, fathers of more than three children, and next, married men, will be preferred to bachelors. Prizes of five dollars will be awarded yearly to those parenth who have sent the largest number of children to school regularly, and scholarships in the national schools will be reserved for families only of more than three children. Fathers of families will also have the preference for mission to almshouses and old pies' homes. Capital Authorized Capital Paid up Rest. $2,500,000 $2,391,863 $1,554,710 D. R. Wilkie, General Manager, ���' E. Hay, Inspccter. ADDRESS AND PLATFORM Nelson Branch���Burns Block, 221 Baker Street J. M. LAV, Manager. ad- peo- passed as a substitute for the old act, chapter 122, of the revised statues. But chap. 122 was not repealed by the act that has been allowed. That purpose was effected by another act, chap. 40, which has not been disallowed, so the old act has been repealed and there- is no other to take its place. ONE DANGER. Toronto Telegram. Canadian newspapers would be placed in a ridiculous position if the Dominion government took the duty off printing paper, and the United States paper trust hastened to add the abandoned duty to the price of their products. The withdrawal of the duty on anthracite coal simply transferred a great revenue from the treasury of the Dominion to the coffers of the coal trust. In these days of copper-fastened trusts governments have no monopoly of the taxing power. The trust wliich controls the supply of a manufactured article can, under certain circumstances, levy taxation upon the consumer regardless of what the government may or may not know. To tho Electors of Nelson Riding, AVest Kootenay District: Gentlemen���In request to numerously signed requisitions asking me to be a candidate for the Provincial Legislature at the forthcoming election I have consented to enter the contest as an Independent Liberal. I hare the honor, therefore, to solicit your votes and influence, and if elected I shall do my utmost to secure for the province honest, economical and progressive government. A brief outlino of some of tho principles whicli I think should be embodied in legislative acts i.s givon below. I havc the honor to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, GEORGE A. H. HALL. As to Liquor Licenses. The Province. It seems that Mr. Martin made another mistake when he stated that owing to the disallowance of last year's liquor license act dealers hi liquor in the unorganized districts were in danger of incurring penalties. It was assumed as a matter of course that the interpretation of the law" given -by the chief laAV officer of the crown would be correct, but that assumption is never pafe in Mr.," Martin's case. There is apparently, no liquor license laAv * for the unorganized portions of the province, and any person may there sell liquor without let or hindrance. Inside the municipalities, of course," the law still stands. The trouble is caused by the disallowance' of the act of 1899, chapter 28, which was SLOCAN JRIDING To iho Electors of the Slocan Riding: Obsi ij:mi,.v- With the dissolution of the legislative assemble, the duty again devohos upon thcelcctois of (he Slocan lidmg to choose a member lo vupicsoiit them in the proiincial legislative, It is mj intention lo become a candidate atthe foitiicomiuj? election and with fall confidence in tho result I again respectfully solicit the suf- fiaires of the electors- of the riding. While I may point ��ith pardonable satisfaction to the manner in which I have conserved the interests of the riding and sought to meet local requirements so far as pi'.icticab'e.I ha\ e earnestly enduaioicd to forward legislation in the interests of the whole -province, and such as would tend tow.iid its material development. Constant in attcndiiQCo.it tho sessions of tho lcgisUliuc. I lime been watchful that no vote of mine should be wanting for any measure bene- lici.it to my coii&tifuontw, or the province as a -whole, i��m In no I been neglectful of the inter-" csts of the wage eai ner, but have, in. some degree at least, been nisti umontai m plming ihcir fair iloniai.ds amongst tho principles to lie advocated bs\ a great political paity. It is well pcr- Uapj Hull I should bricily state some of tho puti- oiplcs winch 1 hai c ad\ oca ted and shall continue to ads ouite until they arc incorporated m pros jn- cial legislation. (1) 1 ;mi in l.u-or of an equitable redistribution ot tho -scats in the legislative assembly, based gencially upon population, but with due regard !o the mtt'tesls and circunwtanccs of outlying and spaiv-ley settled districts. t-'l I shall advocate tho government ow nomlitp of railways anil other public franchises so far as may bu practicable and a general enactment by which companies desiiiiijj to construct rail- wajs may be incorporated without npuutal logls- lul Inn. anil that r.uhvaj's bonuscd by the province in.iv Ijo under go\ eminent control as to their latw and subject to puichase at government option. (.(I I -.hall do all in my power to assist and support the adwineenient and development of the mining inloi csts ot the province, upon which Its jiifisjlorily is so materially dependent. (!) I believe in llie Plinciplc of tiie eight-hour lav, and shall permit no interference- with tho law as it stands, and shall insist upon ihe retention of the-penally Waiisc. Rochester-Niagara Falls Road. Rochester, May 16.���A meeting of stockholders of the new railway which is to be built between Rochester and Niagara Falls was held today. The work will be started either in the middle of June or Iirst of July. The road will be finished about the middle of May, 1901. Having Purchased the Business Of Fred J. Squire, merchant tailor, Nelson, I intend to continue the< business so as to keep the patronage of all Mr. Squire's old patrons and ~ get a share of the general trade, I am now prepared, , to show the latest styles in all lines of spring goods. A special line on hand at $25 per suit. All other lines at low rates. ^ None but Union labor employed. E. Skinner Neelands' Building, Baker Street. FRED J. SQUIRE. Manager. MOYIE LOTS FOR SALE. 1. The principle of eight hours constituting a legal day's work should oo recognized and strictly enforced. ���-. Steps should immediately he taken through the proper channel to prevent the immigraton Into thiH-country of Chinese and Japanese laborei s. 3. Two dollars and fifty cents per day should he tho minimum wage of unskilled labor throughout tho province on all government works. 4. "A fair wage" bill should be introduced requiring the pajment of standard wages on all works to which the province contributes subsidies or aid in any form. 5. The establishment of a labor bureau under tho direction of a minister of the crown whose duty it shall be, among other things, to collect labor statistics, and to act as a mediator between employers and workmen m all cases of all actual or threatened strikes with power to call and examine witnesses, and compel disclosure of all material facts in connection with .such disputes. (j. I believe that trunk roads should be built and maintained by the government, and encouragement given to miners to extend those roads. Such works should be directed by competent governmentengineers. Where trailsare required to single or small groups of claims, tho cost of such trails, if built by the claim ovvneis on the approval and under the direction of a government inspector or engineer, shall apply as assessment upon the chums. 7. Government ownership of all telegraph systems and railways, where practicable, by construction or purchase. 8. The establishment of technical schools for metalliferous miners, in connection with smelters, acdiit'eient points in the province. 9. To draw the attention of capitalists and investors to Britisli Columbia as a desirable centre for profitable mining operations, by suitable advertisement and by the appointment of special agents at London and elsewhere, whoso services shall be free aud equally available for all ovv ncr.s of British Columbia property. 10. To encourage tho establishment at different points in British Columbia of (a) steel and iron works, (b) ship building 5ards, (c) additional smelters and refineries. 11. The retaining of the resources of the province as an asset for the benefit of the people and taking cttcctive measures to prevent the alienation of the public domain excopting to actual settlers or for bona tide business or industrial purposes, thus putting amend to the piactice of speculating in the same. 12. The taking of active measures for the sjs- tematic exploration of the province, including a government survey of the province by sections and the preparation of accurate aiid cheap maps in accordance with such survey. 13. The interests of the province can be best served by permanent civil service, appointments to which should be made by reason of merit and not of political influence. 14. All unoccupied lands in the province should be open to bona tide settlers at fair prices, which shall bo decided upon by government land agent or valuator and better facilities should be given for acquiring small areas for the establishment of market gardens and homesteads. 15. Where mincial claims aro held bv joint owners and where one or more of such owners refuse to contribute towards the annual assessment work provision should be made in the Mineral Act for the sale of the interest of such delinquent owners. Ki. The abolition of the deposit by candidates for the legislature. 17. Redistribution of the constituencies on an equitable basis. A FULL LINE OF Front Doors Inside Doors Screen Doors Windows Inside Finish local and coast. Flooring" local and roast. Newel Posts Stair Rail Mouldings Shingles Rough and Dressed Lumber of all kinds. IF WHAT YOU WANT IS NOT IN STOCK WK WILL MAKE IT KOK YOU CALL AND GET PRICES. J. A. Sayward HALL AND LAKE STREETS, NELSON Porto Rico Lumber Co. (LIMITED) AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLANS Wholesale Houses NELSON B. C. MEALS 25 CENTS ROOMS LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY AND HEATED BY STEAM '-- 25 CENTS TO $1 J. Successors to A. DEWAR & CO. Porto Rico LumberCo. Ltd. Contractors and Builders WILL DO WELL TO Buy Their Lumber AT G. 0. Buchanan's Young men who study the styles at all will tell you it is a * toss blue series and Telephone. SI between decided Lot Lot Lot Lot w. 9 9 11 7- Block 1 Block 5 Block 6 Block 7- Cash Offer Fop A11_Fo_up_ ADDRESS F. Teetzel, Nelson. Manufacturers of and dealers in Harness, Puck and Stock Saddles, Apara- jocr. Collars, Bridles and Whips, Nelson Harness Shop Hall Street, Nolson. (")) I shall ,ul\ oc.itc a liberal evpcndUmc upon . runk roads and trails in the \anoiis districts of thcpioMnco, belicw'ng tlml upon such e\pcndi- luio the development of the ^aM icsources of llie country matenallj depends. ((>) I shall ad incite, and if elected assist, in, the enactment of laws for the proper adiiistment ol dispute between labor and capital, b> a well digested and equitably arranged sjetcmof compulsory arbitration. (7) 1 behevo that Asiatic and other cheap labor is detrimental io the best interests of Hntish Coliuubi*. I shull theiefoie advocate ,ts ic- sluction so far as it may be intra vnes of pro% m- ciallcgislat ion, and shall assist in bringing such piessiire to bear upon ttic fedeial government as may induce th.it gov ei tuncnt lo assist in the v>oik. and will most emphatically insist th.it> no such class ot labor shall lie employed upon nny public works undertaken b> Ihopiouncoorupon such works,i, are subsidised by, or many way subiecl to t he control of the go\ einment. (8) I believe that the educational system of the province may he materially impro\ ed and shall give my heartiest assistance in bringing it lo the highest state of elllcieiiey by the establishment of noinitil schools and other instrumentalities that miy lend to tho accomplishment ot that object. I'I) 1 shall also advocate and assist in the de- \elopmcnb of the iigriculttual resources of the piovince. (H'l I believe thai the moneys of the pro\ into should be expended upon sonic broad and general system -which would ensure tho great est amount of benWil from such expenditure. In this riding I luii u cndc.it oicd lo inaugurate such a system by having the work upon roads and trails placed undei aicsjjonsiblo head, so that the appropriation, neocssanly inadequate under existing eir- uimslances, might be beneficially and economically C\pcndc<I. Vouit icspecf fully, R. F. GREEN. Knslo, It. C, Ma} 10th, WO. LAND NOTICE. Notice is hereby (riven, that, after one month I will innkoJipplicaLiou to the Chief Commissioner of Landh and Works to puichase ono hundred -aniVsixty acres of land'-in tho District of West Kootonay, in the Province of Hntish Columbia, situated on the west side of Kootenay lake, oil Boulder creek, about two miles south of Balfour* Commencing at Initial Post marked "John Burk. N: E. Corner," thence .webt sixty-four chains, thence^ south twenty-tlvo chains, thonco east sixty-four cliains, thence north twenty-livecliaina to tho Initial Post. < ��� - JOHN BURK. Dated at Nelson this 7th day of April, 1900. Notice of Application for a Certificate of Improvements. Bkokc.v Him. Mrx]:it.w. Claim, snt*,tn:iv tub A ins worn ii MiN'ivc Division ok Whs>r KOOTENMY DlSTUICT, .\.\�� Wl'AlBl jUHiUV ���i\va Mii.fcs souruui.sj' o* Ai.nswokiii, .u>- join'inq the akka.vbas, u.vitkd an!) u.vjo.v Minukw. Claims. Take notice that I, R. E. Young, (acting as agent for E. J. ItoberU, free miner's cortillcale special No. fiSl, and Anna C. Buckley, free miner's certificate No. B. ll.W) free miner's certificate No. B. 13,116, intend, sixly days from the date heieof, to apply to the willing recorder for a certificate of improvement*, for the purpose o obtaining a crown grant of tho above claim. And further lake notice that action, undor sec tion III, must be commenced before tho issuance of such ccitiflcnto of improvements. Dated this 21th day of April, A. I)., 1H00. K. K. YOUifG, P.L.S. Nelson Ice Company WHOI E3AIJG AND ItKFAIL DKAI.iOIJS IN checks for first place this season. The new styles are-very- strong on checks, and the young chaps that cannot be perfectly suited in these goods are few indeed. Those who do not favor checks will find my range of summer "serges the most complete in the city. M. VINCENT Baker Street. Y_f**13* General agents for Mirror Ijftko Ico Company. Ico delivuied in any part of the city. Ollice at Giand Central Hotel, Vornon and Ward btreets Phone US. P. O. box 139. OTTO M. ROSENDALE Portland, Oregon, Postoffice Sox 464 Advises about mines, mining property and its workings. Companies organized. Capital furnished. All information and correspondence confidential. Demand for silver-lead propositions. Copper properties bought outright Flowers and Plants Palms fix feet liixli. 310 roscn, pot grower in 20 varieties. A ciiouo collection of iion.oand bedding plants. ThouMuids to select from. Cut floueis and designs. bi.sjMH.tion mv.lcd. The Nelson Green Mouse, Front atreel, l��o block* cast of wharf. D. McCHBATH. Orders by mail proniptlr JMcd. A large stock, of ilrst-claaa dry materia] on hand, also a full line of eash, doors, mouldings, turned work, etc. Factory Work a Specialty ITardt Foot of Hendryx street, Nelson John Rae, Agent Nursery Stock: From the 12fch to the 15th instant 1 expect to receive from the eelei brated Northern Nursery of J. C. SfcekwelJ, Estj., Danville, province of Quebec, a consignment of 850 three-year old apple trees of the following varieties: "Duchess," "Alexander," "Yellow Transparent," "Faincuse" or snow apple, "Wealthy," "Scotts Winter/' "Lonfield," "Ostrakoff" and "Martha," (one of the largest and best crabs.) Also about 50 dozen of the best varieties* of Gooseberries, Currants, (white, black and red,) Raspberries, (red and red,) &c, &c, They are shipped here direct with a car of dairy cows and are sure to a rrive in good order and give satisfaction: Trees-are-all- "dormant," warranted alive and to leave out well or to be replaced gratis in the fall. Apple tree*, (3 3ears old) GOc. each. SfiOODo/. Small fruits .,:iOc. " 3.00 " Orders will received. be filled iu the order ADOKKSS McCALLUM, Kaslo, B. C. Hard Coal ��� Anthracite 1 COAL! GREAT REDUCTION - $6.15 $9.6sjgs��ar'aXcst DELIVERED TKLKI'HOXB S3 G. W. West & Go. Colfee Co. NELSON, B. C. Coffee roasters and dcalors In Tea and Coffee, Offer froah roasted coffeo of best quality ea follows: Java and Arabian Macha, per pound. S 40 Java and Mocha Blend, 3 pounds ...... 1 00 F'ino Santos, 4 pounds ., JI 00 Santos Blond, 5 pounds 1 00 Our Special Blond, G pounds, 1 00 Our Rio Boast, 0 pounds I 00 A trial order solicited. Salesroom 2 doors cag& of Oddfellows block. West Bakor street. ~ ONEY TO LOAN AT 7 PER CENT ON BUSINESS PROPERTY Apply G. h. LENNOX. Solicitor, Nelson B, C NOTICE. NoUee ii hei eby k'i\ cn that 1 Intend to apply .it the 3lr-l meeting of the Ho.ird of Mccifo Com mlviiolKM><for tlieCllj of NcKon held Ihlitj dajs aftei* the dale herrof. for lca\e to transfer iho lKuiiMjnowliold lt\ inu for 11 saloon known ,w the Ath.ibiiMai saloon, situate un tin. *��nt!iennl. cornel of linker .Did KoOtona> Erects. Nelson, J J. C, huuiK on lot i, block 12, ill Nelson aforesaid, to Patrick J. liusnoH, ni trmt for the Atha basca Hotel CoiuMiny, Limited. Witiicsw, P. lC.Wnj_ntn, Dated thirt nth day of April, Jab. Nkklani>&, HW. 321 to 331 Baker Street, Nelson. QUEEN'S HOTEL o BAKER STREET. NELSON. Lighted by Electricity and Heated with Hot Air. HJ. EVANS & CO.-Baker street, ��� wholesale dealers in liquors, Large comfortable bedrooms and first-class dining-room. Sample rooms for commercial men. Rough and Dressed Lumber Shingles Mouldings A-1 White Pin8 Lumber Always in StocK- We carry a complete stock of Coast Flooring, Ceiling, Inside Finish, Turned Work, Sash and Doors. Special order work will receive prompt attention. RATES $2 PER DAY H|rs. E. G. GlarKe, Prop. LATE OF THE ROYAL HOTEL, CALGARY DID YOU SEE FRESH Cupran's New lOe Schooners COOL TRY ONE; OH, MY! The only Good Beer in Nelson CLUB HOTEL N|adden House Baker and Ward Streets, Nelson The only hotel In Nelson that has remained under one management since 1890. The bed-rooms are well furnished and lighted by electricity. The bar is always stocked by the beet dom s- tlo and Imported liquors and cigars. THOMAS MADDEN, Proprietor. B. C. HOTEL ebie, b. 0. First-class In every, respect. Choicest vinos, liquors and cigars. Every comfort for transient and resident guests. HEADQUARTERS FOR UNION MEN.. JOSEPH CAMPBELL. Proprietor. $ritoaalMsJa Vernon Street, Nelson. SMOKE ROYAL SEAL AND KOOTENAY BELLE T CIGARS UNION MADE ^oofenay Gigar Mfg. Go. NKLSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA R. REISTERER & CO- BRKWfMta AND BOTTLBRS Or FINE LAGER BEER, ALE AND PORTER Prompt and regular delivery to tho trade Brewery at Nelson son CHOIOE WINES ine Special attention (flven to family trado TIl?vM;k mm A, Nelson, 15. C. maKAOKb Corporation City of Nelson TENDERS WANTED. Scaled tenders for suppljinK thf City of Nelson with lumber for the remainder of llio year 1900 will l)e lctened by tho < on Jlondav. May "tli. I'm. \V. K. WASSON, Acting Cily Clerk. Nelson, April 2Gth, 1800. by tho underiigned up to noon tli, LAND NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that, after one montli I ���will make application to the Chief CotiimKnIoncr of lAniliand Woiks lo purth.iM) fortj acres of land in the di--tnct of W-tNt Koolcnav 111 the province of JJriUsh Columbia, situated on the e.u,tMdr> of Kootenay lake, between Lorknart and Lafrancc creeks as follow-- Commencing at a ronton tho beach marked "Initial Post, John Laidlaw's X. W. Corner," thence sonthcrlj aloittf the lake ���.*) chains, thence eauteily at chains, thence nortlifily '2ti chanw, thenco westerly 20 chain, to tho Place of boKinmn^. hAWlAW Dated at Nelson, B. C, tin's 3id day of April, 1900. "NOTICE OF MEETING. The NoNon plutnhcrx, giis and htcani fitters' union moots every second and fourth. Friday at tho Minors' Union hall at 8 p.m. B. WKEKS, Secretary pro torn. DERATED AND MINERAL WATERS; ITIHORPE & CO., LOtitED.-Cbrnfer Vemofa ���* and Cedar streets, NelSOh, manufacturers of and wholesale dealers in serated waters and fruit syrups. Sole agents for Halcyon Springs mineral water. Telephone 60. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES. TXT F. TEETZEL & CO.���Corner Baker and vv ��� Josephino streots, Nelson, wholesale dealers in assayers supplies. Agents for Denver Fire Clay Co. of Denver, Colorado. ~ CIGARS. ���CrOOTENAY CIGAR MANUFACTURING ���*-����� CO���Corner Baker and Hall streets. Nelson, manufacturers of "Royal Seal" and "Koote- nay Belle" brands of cigars. COMMISSION" MERCHANTS. Nelson, cement, fire brick and Are clay, water'pipe.and' steel rails, and general commission merchants. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. KOOTEVAY ELECTRIC SUPPLY & CONSTRUCTION COM PAN Y���Wholcwlo dealers in telephones, annunciators, bells, batteries, ilxtures, etc., Houston block. Nelson. FLOUR AND FEED. ���DRACKMAN - KER MILLING COMPANY JJ ��� Cereals,, Flour, Grain, Hay. Straight or mixed cars shipped to all Kootenay Points. Grain elevatoi sat all principal poinUon Calgary- Edmonton R. It. AIills at Victoria, New \Vcnt- minster, and Edmonton, Alberta. TAYLOR FEED & PRODUCE CO.-Baker street. Nelson (George V. Motion's old stand), Flour, Feed, Grain, Hay and Produce. Car lots a specialty. Correspondence solicited. Phone 26. FRESH AND SALT MEATS. BURNS & CO.���Baker street. Nelson, wholosale dealers in fresh and cured meats. Cold storage. GROCERIES. A MACDONALD & CO.-Corner Front and ��� Hall streets, wholesalo grocers and jobbers in blankets, gloves, mitts, boots, rubbers, > mackinaws and miners' sundries. OOTENAY SUPPLY COMPANY, LIMI- TED���Vernon street, Nelson, wholesale grocers. fOHN CHOLDITCH & CO.-Front street, Nel- ** son, wholosale grocers. ���Ri R. STEWART & CO.���"Warehouses on C. P. *��� ��� R. track, foot of Stanley street. Nelson, wholesale dealers in provisions, produce and fruits. Cold storage. Agents Armour & Co.'s bacon, hamB, lard and other products. T Y. GRIFFIN & CO.-Front street, Nelson. 0 ��� wholesale dealers in provisions, cured meats, butter and eggs. P. HARDWARE AND MINING SUPPLIES. H BYERS & CO.-Corner Bakerand Josephine ��� streets, Nelson, wholebale dealers in hardware and mining supplies. Agents for Giant Powder Co. LAWRENCE Baker St, HARDWARE COMPANY��� . Nelson, wholesale dealers in hardware and mining supplies, and water and plumbers' supplies. VANCOUVER HARDWARE COMPANY LIMITED���Baker street. Nelson, wholesale , dealers in hardwaro and mining supplies, plumbers and tinsmiths' supplies. Agnnts Ontario Works. LIQUORS AND DRY GOODS. rpURNER, BEETON & CO.-Corner Vernon ���*��� and Josophinc streets, Nelson, wholesale dealers in liquors, cigars and dry goods. Agents , for Pabst Browing Co. of Milwaukee and Cal- gary Brewing Co. of Calgary. PAINTS AND OILS. "M-ELSON HARDWARE COMPANY-Baker A-" Street-���Wholesale dealers m paints, oils, and brushes of all kinds. Largest stock in , Kootenay. POWDER,'CAPS AND FUSE.,- HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY-Baker btreet. Nelson, manufacturers of dynamite, sporting, stumping and black blasting powders, wholesale dealers in caps and fuse, and electric blasting apparatus. AND DOORS. AND PLANING MILLS, LIMITED���Corner Front and Hall streela, Nelson, manufacturers of and wholesale dealers in sash and doors; all kinds of. factory work made to order. ^s TENTS AND AWNINGS. " ' NELSON TENT AND AAVNTNG FACTORY- Baker street, Nelson. Manufacturers of all kinds of tents, awnings, and canvas goods. P. O. Box 7B. <Thco. Madson, proprietor. WINES AND CIGARS. CALIFORNIA WINK COMPANY, MMI- TED-Corner Front and Hall streets, Nel- , son, v/holcbalo dealers In wines (case and hulk) and domestic and imported cigars. ENGINEERS? ~~~ rjIIAjRLES PARKBR-Mining and milling en- SASH j^TELSON SAW jfiueei. West Baker htiect. Nelson. fa FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. NELSON LODGE, NO. 23, A. F. St A. M. Meets second Wednesday In each month. Sojourning brethren invited. - - - - - KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS��� Nolson Lodge, No. 2S. Knights of Pythlaa, meets in I. O. O. F. Hall, corner Bakerand Kootenay streets, every ��� - .... viHitlnu Knights R, G. Joy, K. of R. Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Visiting Knights cordially invlten to attend, &S. Leonard Bcof t, CO. ���KTELSON L, O. L., No. 1092, meets in I. O. O. F. *�� Hall, corner Baker and Kootenay streots, 1st and 3rd. Friday of each month. Visiting brothern cordially invited. R. Robinson. W. M. W^Crawford, Recording-Secrefuty. ���ftTKLSON .SCRIE, Nuinbor 22, Fraternal Order A��� of Eagles, moats every second and fourth Wednesday iile&eh month in Fraternity HalL Visiting brethren welcome, W. Gosnuli, Presl dent. Charles Pron��ur, Secretary. every Wcdtiehdiiy evening turn' Union hall, behind tho TRADES UNIONS. 7SJELSON MINEltS' UNION NO. S6. W, V. of *����� M.���MeoU in mineis' union rooms, north- cast corner Victoria ajid Kootenay streets, every Saturday uveulng at 8 o'clock. Visiting members welcome M. R. Mowatt, President. Jau.ua Wilkes, Secrctury. NEIA30N PAINTERS' UNION-Tho regular meeting ot tho Painters' Union is lipid " " " " at "..&>, in thu Pain- larko iiotel. T. O. Skatbo. president. Allied Turner, wi clurv.. TRADES AND LABOR COUNCI L.-TJho regular incolings of tho Nelson Trades anil Labor Council will ba held m the miners' ���union hall, corner of Victoria and Kootenaj fctiectA on lhe first and third Thursday of each month, at 7.30 p. m. G. J. Thorpe, President. J. H. M.ithc- son. Secretary. THE regular meetings of the Carpenters* Union aro neld on Wednesday 'evening of each week, at 7 o'clock, in the Miners' Union hall corner Victoria and Kootenay si sects. R. Robinson, President. Jaincs Coiling, Secretary. LAHOREUS' UNION.���Nelson tcctivo Union. No. 8121, A. V. BARBERS' UNION.-Nclson Union. No. PKi. of the International Journe> men Harboi 's Union of America, meets every Iirst and third Monday of each month in Miner n Union Hall, corner of Victoria and Kootenaj sti ccts, at isVM p.m. shnrn. Visitinur brothers cordially united to attoiid. J. If. Matheson, PltsidcnU W. S. Uel- vllle, Sccielnty. Laborers' Proof L , meets in Miners' Union Hall, northeast corner of Victoiia and Kootenay .streets, on the tirst and thud Monday of eacli month, at {* p m. *baip. Visiting members of tho American Kederatiou cordially invited lo attend. John Mullen, President, Pp_yy Sht^Jtoii^SjjCjeUiry^ CIGAR MAKERS' U.N ION meets 1st Tucsday in e\ery month 111 the \\", V, 31. hall. Exec utne board meets every Satmday. B~"llICKLAYKltS AND MASON'S' UNION. Th<" Bricslajors ,md Mason-' International Union So. ~ of Nelson meets second and fourth Tuesdays in eveh mouth ��t Miners' Union hall J. W. Ktcber, president; Joseph Clark, refolding and eorresyonaittK secretary, , THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, B. C, FRISDAY MAY 18 1900 Rubber Gloves The FOR WOMEN AND MEN proper thing for spring house- cleaning and gardening Furniture Polish To make your Furniture look as good as new, try our "FRENCH FURNITURE POLISH." W. F. Teetzel & Co. Victoria Block, Corner Baker and Josephine Streets DRUGS AND ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES Xtr Hi Ui iti /^^���^���^.���'"^���'^.���^���'^���'^�����K-8P^'^. -0-0-0-0 .^-0-0^-0-0'0-0^, Why are we so Busy ii at the present time? Xif iti Ui Ui xti Hi iti iti iti Ui iti iti iti xti Ui xti B E C A U S E We always have Something1 New Something* Original Something* Attractive Good Sellers and Weir Displayed We invite one and all to come and inspect our stock of latest goods. All work done in the latest style and guaranteed. Our Watchmaking and Jewelry Departments are unequalled in B.C. Xti Xti xti xti Hi Ui xti 2f Nelson, B. C. iSL :f^'S'^'&'S'S'SlL'^'^'S'^'> 'S-01-9-0-0'0-0-0-0-0-0.0 Ut iti iti iti iti iti Ui iti xti iti Hi iti iti Ui iti Ui Ui iti iti iti Hi iti xti Ui Ui iti Ui Ui iti CITY LOCAL NEWS Jacob Dover The Jeweler Hi Hi iti iti Ms ^���i_-_-'S'-<_t-i_X-'g-i_f-ig-<_f'ir'-^^--- ^���^.���^���^���^���^���^'���^���^���C.S'.St Our Clearance of Dry Goods Sale is still on and- will be continued until all at 10, 15, and 20 cents per yard; Whfte goods, sale'price 12' White Pique at 15, skirts from $1 up is sold. Linen for skirts Dress Duck, regular 20c c per yard; regular 25c goods, sale price 15c; 20 and 25 cents. A large range of Under- All other dry goods sold at proportionate prices FERLAND & CO. ELLIOT BLOCK, BAKER STREET. O'REILLV'S PRIZE CONTEST We will give a Ladies' Tailor-made Suit, valued at $15, to the first person answering the following problem correctly, "by letter: A procession extending from O'REILLY'S "STORE to the Public School House,.the distance being one-half mile, are traveling south up the Hal! Mines Road. Our Messenger Boy starts simultaneously with the rear of the procession to deliver a message to the head of the procession. On returning he meets the rear, of the- procession-exact!y-at-the-public-school house,~and" returns back to O'REILLY'S. How far did he travel to and fro and how much faster did he travel than the procession. It is easy, Figure it out and get a suit free. MARTIN O'REILLY & CO. Houston Block , Dry Goods Merchants ��� Baker Street Jacob Dover kept the telegraph wires warm bctwonn Montreal and Nelson yesterday. He had but ono message to send, but it Iiml to bo dispatched to every point in Kootenay, and this kept the wires busy. Tho message ran: "Horn in Montreal, ou Wednesday, to the wife of Jaeob Dover, a son: weight eleven pounds." Herr Steiner's orchestra has been oiiRiiKcd to play at the reception to be given at the general hospital on Tuesday next, when the new addition to the building i.s to be opened. The orchestra will bo strengthened by tho addition of Georgo Werner, tho well known pianist of Vancouver, who is visiting in the city. Hyde & Titsrvorth, commission iiiciilinnls aie to ocoupj the w.ueliou��c on Vei non stieet, iecently \,icated bj A. Alucdon.ild & Co., wholesale groceis. Tony Socomormon of Rossland w.is an.i gned at Ihe court house jeslciday to elect as lo the m.innei of his dial on the charge of aiM>n Defendant elected to bo tried speedily, and the date was left to be named Uloi. Fred Irvine <fc Co. have a realistic photo of the scone in Sandon on the morning ot the iccciit tire on exhibition in their linker stieet window. The gun club had a carpenter at work jpstcul.iv la'sing their tiaps on the ilatq. Aplatfoirn will he built on whidi the traps will stand some distance from the present shoic. Tho lake is four or fhofcetcleep wlieiethe inaiksmon stood two or three weeks ago. About the only local attraction for the queen h buthdaj arranged up to the present time is a slioot by the lnembeis of the gun club. The executive is ati.mging for \aluable pn/cs, and a good afternoons sport is anticipated. George Taylor and A. G. Lambert have puieh.iscd the lcsidenco of captain lla\- w.ud, cornei of Cedar and Water stieet.s. \ The rifle match which was tcA hiuobeen shot at Kaslo on May 21th between (pains lepioscnting the Nelson and Kaslo companies, K M. K., has been declaicd oil. It is proposed, howo\ei. to auange a sencs of team niatchc.. to include all the companies of l.ocky Mountain Jtangcis. A At a mcetiDg yesterday the foi-/ lowing icsolution ol condolence was passed by Nelson Mineis' Union No %, W. V. M.* Whciens it has pleased Dmne Pioudencc to remove fiom oui midst our belo\cd brothci, Alexander Scott Pi cit ic, and wlierp.isin the death of said brother this union motuns the loss of an active brother, e\cr faithful to the principles of our oigani/a- tion. Tnercfoie, be it losolvcd, that the niem- beis of this union hereby evtend their heaitfelt sjinpatlij to the patents and family of deceased in tins, their hour of bere.ucinent, and sincerely trust that these c\pics->ions of sorrow and ic- spect will assist them in healing up under their alii lotion with lcsignation ana foititudc: Beit further resolved, that copies of these icsolutions be sent to the parents of deceased and published in (he daily pi ess. (Signed) M. 1-t. Mowatt, president; James Wilks, seciet.irj. The baseball boys turned out iu force on the recreation grounds jesterd.ay evening, and hid .1 lattling practice. If they keep thisuptheic \\ ill be no dufeits for Nelbon this season. The intermediate lacrosse club hud an excellent practice on the recreation giounds last night. The plavets weie supplied -with the brand new sticks which recently ai- rived foi the club. Theintcimcdintos incmbct-" ship roll is now close to the eenturj maik, citizens having come to the.iunioi's assistance moat genoi oubly. The matter afc issue between the government Umbei inspector and the tie cutters on the Italfour extension has not been .idsustcd as jet, the subcopt-iactois who mo cutting the ties not having ellccted an aiian^oinont witn Lhe chief contractor. Meanwhile not a stick of timber is beng moved, inspector M.irtm having placed an embaigo on all lhe iiuibsi until the pioxmci.il licenses .uo pnid. The company ic- ([Wies-IOOOO tics for the branch, 10.000 ot which will be taken fiom go\ ornmest land. The mining matters recorded at the go\ eminent oil'ce \cs(ciday weie: Tr.ms- feis, one fouiMi of M'lligan and^tliicofouiths of Gold Queen claims- on Porcupine cieck, from MiS. Ann AstlOj to Joseph Astlcj of Kossland, eonhulor.itiiin8.W0; one half Interest InMonaiuh claim on ra-.t folk ot Col ton wood cieek, fiom W. J. C.Idwell, Nelson, to J. Hawkins. Nelson; ,1 ceitificato of lmpiovcincnls to W. L. Lowiej, Nelson, in ipspeci to tho Ix'anhoo mineral claim; locations, the Cub mmeial claim olio mile north of the flist foik on the wesf side of ICokanee cieek bj Mm dock Mel cod. Unless circumstances unforscen anse the Nelson Arc dop.vifmcnt wilt not be re- pieseiUed (tt Kaslo 111 next weeks hpoits. The difficulty of obtaining enough men to inn with tln�� team has not been oxeicome and there scenic to be no lecouiso other than to remain at home. Iho membeisof the d< ji.irliiiont <ae much disappointed. The Lawrence Hardware _Com_, puny unloaded fou rears of he.ny h ndw.iieyes tei daj. A report lias reached here of an Exciting episode in South Africa in which pu- \ale IJickson, foiineily of NVlson, llguied proim nenll). Idekson went some distance Irom tamp with four fimipaiiions 'lhe little jurlj cn- i ountcsod ,t H(.cr,uiibiihf,uic und two fell dead at llio llriiL \oilo}. Uwoolheis wtie irijuiedbut Piukson esojipod uninjured. It is alto rumored that the foniicr Neliunitr has been iccom v mended for a dccoi.it 1011. \ at the Hotel Phair for tiie past few days having iu view the establishment of a complete office of the company here on or about July 1st next. The growing importance of the Kootenay and Boundary districts have rendered this advisable, aud, recognizing the central position of Nelson, they have decided on this city as the location of their oflice. Mr. Irving left ou Wednesday for Toronto by way of the Crow's Nest Pass road, and Mr. Teskey returned to Vancouver last night. They predict a great future for Nelson both in mining and trade matters, especially in view of the enterprise of local merchants and others in the face of the commercial depression Tjvhicli for a period recently has tested the faith of many, a faith which the rapidly increasing prosperity of the district is now shown to have been well founded. ESTABLISHED 1892 H. BYERS & HARDWARE CO. ��� ESTABLISHED 1892 Garden, Mill, StearrTand Hose. ~ Suction Crucible Cast Steel Wire Rope 5-16 to 1-in. in stock. Leather and Rubber Belting. Sheet, Square and Round Rubber Flax and Garlock Packing Pipe Fittings, Brass Goods, Rails Black and Galvanized Sheet Iron Soft Steel Plates 1-8, 3-16 and 1-4 x 72, 96 and 120 Agents���Truax Oro Cars, Uiant Powdcr.'and .Metropolitan l'u.se, etc. H. BYERS & OO. NELSON KASLO SANDON McMillan vs. Sandilands. The suit of McMillan vs. Sandilands came before Mr. justice Drake yesterday. A number of witnesses were present from Sandon and one from Winnipeg, while the solicitors were Macdonald & Johnson for plaintiff, J. II. Bowes and P. L. Christie for defendant Sandilands and Taylor <fc Hannington for defendants, John W. Peck & Compauy, ancl other creditors. The suit arises out of the business transactions of the late firm of McMillan & Crawford, and defendants' solicitors argued that the statement of claim in the suit was defective inasmuch as Crawford was not enjoined as a party to the action. Judge Drake upheld their argument and voided the statement as presented, granting plaintiffs leave to amend same by adding Crawford ^thereto. Plaintiff was ordered to pay all costs of the day within ten days of taxatioii, in default of the /which the case will stand dismissed. The ruling necessitates the entire suit being recommenced if the plaintiff decides to continue the proceedings. Will go Home if Successful. Xbw York, May 17.���Mr. Fischer, one of the Boer envoys, when showed the published report that the Boer delegates were reported as having made indiscreet statements on the steamship to au employee of a London newspaper saidntoday that the story was false in every material particular. "As for our not going to our homes again, how childish," ho exclaimed. "We love America and haveT been received most hospitably, but; if the American people will guarantee us an honorable peace we wilh take the first steamship home." Kegarcliug the appeal from the Americans in Cape Town asking the people here to ignore the envoys, Mr. Fischer said : "I have read their appeal and it is a flimsy one. No name is given, not oven the name of the chairman of their alleged mass meeting. There are very few Americans in Cape Town in ihe first place, and they are largely in sympathy with us." Several Natal farmers are handing over their arms. All reports agree that about 7000 of the enemy passed north very hurriedly on May 14th and 15th." ' �� Th it w e hi e I he i eeopfiii/'f d leadei s m cn i \ u\_- tho choicest and fouM ttr.uli-N ot Tea-, and Colloc" Tins fact ha.s benn IIioioiikIiI} proreit tij the publicitr>lii('eiatftnitif the same, whii.li lias caused our sale-, to increase in the above lines fullj V) per sent To UioiQwho h.ivc mil hied our leaders wo.nu ��I<\<i\t plcasid to submit, simples, after which jod icndilj '-ec that jou have been najint? thohiuueforanuitido ��ln< Ii (tiuld riol lui a moment he compared vm'Hi it. We are ' mi re lo phase J uu, .is our slotl^i' jumplcto and iho bos! tlml iiujiif) i.in bu}. , :__ The Western Mercantile Company, Limited. BAKEK STRKKT, NKLSON, U. C. A large consignment of the latest styles of hats, union and custom made. Clothing for bargains at THEO The jSfelson rifles paraded 27 stiontf last niffht for dull pieparalory iolJieholi- dm trip to Kn>ilo. Tho IiuIumIioiih arc f'uorable to the company m>ikin(f u splendid <hu\\'inj.; on the (pieen k birrhd.i}, ,ii the new moiiibuih of the c nip-i liavr lounded into iJutpc lapidh, Timor tlcin foi'nuxLTIiuriid.iv'Hlata that Lhe cutnpnii) v\il! paiiHh) nl 7.'*>a n: ������haip and maiiii to (i.i*/ ffly vi half The executive committee of the Pioslnelal 1'iuty aie p.uhctijuii} leijiiuMrd to beat thoeoiiimtttuu rooitM on Iho coi net of Ver- i.on aiul Ward sfiuds tlnai \ciiinf.; .US o'uloi k. The Biograph company, accompanied b} Owen bmiloy, the idoi iijinniit. aie lulled to ,i[ pen' at (he opei.i house foi foni mglitH, LwKinnniK with Monday nevt. The\ show a Jaijjc number of inteieHtinff piclmcs, 111- cludinK those of the Uihl and second Canadian cotitniKcnt % hcvei.il South Afncan w.ir scenes and piot m ei-. of the pope. The com pan} donates half then net receipts to the palmitic tund, unci ho, apart fiom the undoubted merits of the exhibition, tho opor.i house should bo veil tilled eaoh iiitfht. Mr. Collins, th<> advmiLO atfent.it now in the s'lty. Industries for India. London, May 18.-r-Lord George Hamilton, presiding at a meeting of the Indian section of tho Society of Art today, referring to the terrible effects of the famine, said: "It must not be forgotten that it is a wage famine as" well as a food. There it presses more heavily on the people than before, and it is the duty of jthe^governmen t__to_ try_to_ multiply and diversify the industries of India. With this view the Indian government was placing contracts iu India wherever possible, not with brokers, but with actual producers." League Games. Rochester 0, Hartford 4. Cincinnati 2, Brooklyn 4, Buffalo 3, Milwaukee (5. Pittsburg 3, Philadelphia 4. Indianapolis 5, Kansas City 0. Cleveland 1, Minneapolis 0. BUSINESS MENTION. " A good opportunity for man and ��ifc. Home and good p.i} ing business. Capital necessary $.100. Applj W. Ru-h, Postofllee. Man and wife wants to manage, lent, oi lease hotel or boniding hon&e anj where. Kully competent and reliable. Address Mrs. Hadley. Post Office. Gardening���Employment wanted bj a piactieal man. Residential giouiidsliiidont, etc. Addles5!, W. W. Wilson, Nelson Wanted���Position as stenographer and tjpewriter by l.idj* of experience���References, .No objections to going out of city. Addi e��s> Stenographer, Ti lbune. For sale���Black Minorca eggs for hatching, $2 00 por sitting. Box OSS, Nelson. Cellar to rent, newly floored, under Moichants Bank of Halifax. Apply in tho bank. A first-class millinery business for sale in one of the best Kootenay mining tottns. New goods. Good leusons for selling. Addi ess Millinery, this office. Hack calls left at the Pacific Ti.msfer barn on Veinon street. Telephone call:��. For Sale.���One-third interest in Mineral Claim near Ymir, for ��100, money to bo expended in dcMslopmcnt. Apply to Alec Stewai t, Turner & Bocckh block, Nelson. For sale���the north half of block 100, Nelson. Address P. 0. Box. 572, Nelson. Spot cash paid for second-hand goods of all kinds afc the Nelson Bazaar, Malono & Tregillus block. \ Houses furnished with new and second-hand furniture, or mixed newondsecondhand furniture, on the installment plan, by tho Nelson Bazaar. Malone & Ti egillus block. Nelson Opera House ONE NIGHT ONLY Saturday, 19 J. G. Stutt's Theatre Company Refrigerators Prices from $10 to $30 LAWRENCE HARDWARE COMPANY . -^z_\-<__���'&_��� __\-<_z -<_i"_i:-'__\-'g_"0-^- iif iti Ui iti Ui Ui, Hi Hi iti xti iti Ui 185 Baker Street. KIRKPATRICK & WILSON. We have removed our for the" next few months shop, next to the Nelson ^i9^'^>'_9'i99^9^f'9'9'^^S Telephone 10. iti iti iti iti Ui iti iti place of business to the old Burns Hotel, where we Xti Hi Ui Ui hope to see all our old customers and many iti Hi Xti Hi Ui iti new ones. Give us a call. KIRKPATRICK & WILSON xti xti iti Ui iti 185 Baker Street \ti '^p _���_���_���_���_���_��� _-_-^~-_-__ <^-<"S!-'_."_t'_t'_i,'^:_t"_t'K��'_i'^- '0^'-_-*-0'0-0-0-0^S'r0>-0'0-0 5T:>5'.C''Sr,'8!'C!'^."��"''Ki,sI-,8l"^" Xli iti Telephone IO m n^mm J& Some Plain Facts About Clothing w w w WILh PLAY BAKER STREET, ��� a NELSON. CLOTHING HOUSE!. HOTEL ARRIVALS. AruiElfi'Mi KM. Sandilands, Sandon.,?. V. Welch, Sovun-nnle point H A. Dunn, Pioc ter, T. A. Aitkins, Sandon, II. T. Daviion. Tor onto: P. McAuiio, hji'ikaae; ,1. Frank Cotton, Welle-iloy, Mass , H. J. (Jhapnian, Vicloim; IJ. T liqgcii. Vancouver, ili-s h. 1. Kogei-., Van (oiuei; Thomas Wafsli, Uioonwood, K. h. Toil- imifr.Tim!, J. A. Moliain, London. Ai nn Hcmk-^.a Richnraqon, Toionlo, >Simtli CnrliH, Kossland, II. A. Small, "Vancouver. Mis. p. A. Dujcr, Hindoo, T. II. Wilson, Piherton, P. Ross, Hamilton, Mis ("JiU'c, Sandon, G. A. Chrislie, Tot onto; J. A. Wood, IvasJo. New Mercantile Agency for Nelson. Thomas, 0. Irving and Richard W. Teskey, general manager for western Canada and provincial manager respectively of the Brad- j street Mercantile Agency, have been Buller's Progress. London, May 17.���2:1." p. m.���The war oflice has received the following dispatch from general Buller: "JJaiiiihAUbCr, May 17.���The second division has reached Dauuhauser and 1 hope that my advance patrols are at Newcastle. Tho fifth division is echeloned from Elandslaagte to (flencoe, repairing the railroad. The fourth division is at Sunday river drift, on the .Newcastle road. BITTER ATONEMENT We are now showing the finest stock of Spring and Summer Suits in Nelson. There are several points of merit in our Suits. They are all of the latest cut and are lined all through with the best linings. They are tailored better than Suits oiFer- ed elsewhere at much higher prices. The fabrics are the best in the market We lead ali others for values in Prices 85e, 50e9 75e. Tickets on sale at usual |>l.ie<�� �� OFFICE: HOUSTON BLOCK Opposite Postoffice GET YOUR CHANDELIERS WIRED FOR NO MATCHES REQUIRED, ALWAYS READY {(ooteqay Electric ��nppiy& Construction Oo. JOSEPHINE STREET NELSON Headparters for Portland Cement, Pipe Bricks, Fire Clay, American Cumberland Coaf [Blacksmiths] E. P. EITHET ft CO., Ltd., Victoria m w # m # m We know that our values cannot be equalled by �� any other house in Nelson. We are so sure of ^ this that we will give money back if it cannpt be || proven. Gents'" Furnishings Hats and Caps Boots and Shoes y" mm 217 We have just received a fresh consignment of Christie's famous Fancy Biscuits and Cream Sodas. Also McCormick & Company's Jersey Cream Sodas. P. O. BOX 17C HOUSTON BLOCK. Telephone 161. 1>. M. Ferry & Company's Seeds. Fresh Egtcs Keceived Daily John J\. irviqg & Co Special quotations jiven lor carload lots A. 11. GHAY, P. O. _ox 521, Nelson. B. C. Kootenay Agent Lethbridge Gait Goal The bost value for tbe Money In tho market for all purposes. tkrms cash W. P. TIRRXS7, General Agent Teiiephooe W. Offlce with C. 0. J. Christie. A. R. BARROW, A.M.I.C.E. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR Corner Victoiia aad Kootenay Streets. P. O. Box SBS. TELEPHONE XO. VS <r,

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